Postsplenectomy course in homozygous sickle cell disease

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 304-309

  Wright, J G ^a   Hambleton, I R ^a   Thomas, P W ^a   Duncan, N D ^a   Venugopal, S ^a   Serjeant, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033499615     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70454-3     Document Type: Article

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